Dropbox · 4 hours ago
Infrastructure Software Engineer, Metadata
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$178K/yr - $240K/yr
5+ years expDropbox is a leading file hosting service that allows users to store and share files. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Metadata team, responsible for building and operating large-scale distributed databases crucial for all user operations. The role involves designing core infrastructure, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring high availability and performance of data access.
CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareFile SharingPrivate CloudWeb Hosting
Responsibilities
Design and maintain distributed database systems providing low-latency, strongly consistent data access
Implement and optimize replication, consensus, and caching mechanisms to meet availability and performance goals
Operate production systems, including participating in the on-call rotation, ensuring high availability and data durability
Collaborate with infrastructure and product teams to assess current and future use cases and requirements, supporting the development of a mid- to long-term roadmap that reflects these needs
Contribute to system design reviews, postmortems, and reliability improvements
Write high-quality, efficient code in Go and Rust for performance-critical systems
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience designing and implementing software using distributed systems fundamentals: replication, consistency, partitioning, and fault tolerance
Experience building databases, storage systems, or large scale data infrastructure
Proficiency in Go, Rust, C++ or similar systems languages
Familiarity with consensus and coordination systems (e.g. Raft, Paxos, ZooKeeper, etcd)
Experience operating production services and participating in on-call rotations
Strong debugging and performance analysis skills
Excellent collaboration and communication abilities across teams
Preferred
Experience building distributed databases or storage systems
Practical experience with and deep understanding of data structures used in storage systems (e.g. LSM trees, B-trees, Hash Indexes)
Experience operating database systems (e.g. MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra)
Experience with distributed caching, either custom built or operating open source options such as Memcached or Redis
Experience improving reliability and performance in high-scale data systems
Experience working with cross-functional teams to understand their current use cases, identify future needs and requirements, and incorporate them into the team's roadmap
Interest in deepening distributed systems expertise and expanding technical leadership
Company
Dropbox
Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.41BKey Investors
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2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $700M
2018-03-23IPO
2017-03-30Debt Financing· $600M
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Founder & CEO
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Co-Founder
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